2011 Tucson massacre (Gabrielle Giffords) - World News (ABC)

Name: 2011 Tucson massacre (Gabrielle Giffords) - World News (ABC)
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[0:00] us now

[0:03] >> tonight

[0:03] >> on a special edition of World News. A

[0:05] congresswoman shot at point blank range.

[0:07] >> I saw him shoot her in the head and then

[0:10] he began very rapidly shooting all the

[0:13] people around just very

[0:14] indiscriminately.

[0:15] >> Representative Gabrielle Gfords and more

[0:17] than a dozen others, including a federal

[0:19] judge, all gunned down outside a

[0:21] supermarket in Tucson, Arizona. Tonight,

[0:23] the fight to save the congresswoman's

[0:25] life. The congresswoman is not deceased

[0:28] because she was following commands.

[0:30] >> Her astronaut husband rushing to her

[0:32] side. And the suspect now in custody.

[0:34] Who is he? What was his motive? And the

[0:37] reaction from Arizona to the White

[0:38] House. Tonight, a special edition of

[0:40] World News. The shootings in Tucson.

[0:45] Good evening. I'm David Mure. And as we

[0:46] come on the air for the West Coast

[0:48] tonight, it started as a routine

[0:50] exercise in democracy. A congresswoman

[0:52] in a supermarket parking lot meeting

[0:53] with her constituents when it suddenly

[0:55] became a scene of extraordinary chaos

[0:57] and carnage. A gunman opening fire

[1:00] outside that Tucson store, shooting

[1:01] Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in the

[1:03] head and many others. Here are the late

[1:06] numbers at this hour. 19 people shot.

[1:08] Six are now confirmed dead, including a

[1:10] federal judge and a young girl barely 9

[1:12] years old. The congresswoman is battling

[1:15] for her life tonight after brain

[1:16] surgery, responding to commands now. And

[1:18] the suspected gunman, just 22 years old,

[1:20] is in custody. And we've just learned

[1:22] this evening that authorities are not

[1:24] convinced he